WATERVILLE — Firefighters on Saturday rescued a boy who had fallen into a deep, narrow hole on a recreational trail off Water Street and become trapped there. Dias Greene, 15, of Waterville had been exploring with a friend on the South End Island Trail near the Kennebec River just south of Hathaway Creative Center when […]

ROCKLAND — A 38-year-old Thomaston man will likely remain in jail after he made his initial court appearance Friday on 115 counts related to a three-year burglary spree across the midcoast. Superior Court Justice Bruce Mallonee agreed with the request of the district attorney’s office to set bail for Joshua L. Vandine at $50,000 cash. […]

SACO — The Ecology School of Saco has received a generous gift of $10,000 from The Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust to support the design and implementation of permaculture gardens throughout the school’s new environmental education center at River Bend Farm. Permaculture is a way to grow food by using ideas and methods learned through natural ecosystem study. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials and congressional aides emerged from talks to reopen the government without a breakthrough Saturday, though they planned to return to the table the following day. President Donald Trump tweeted: “Not much headway made today.” The president later tweeted that he planned to go to his retreat at Camp David, […]